Blaine has been interested in taking a clay class so on Feb 8 we signed up for a drop-in clay session at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester.  Andrew was away in London for work so Reece came out to join us.  It was so much fun!  We sculpted clay in the style of teddy bears, and then glazed them, and left them to be fired.  I’m going to cheat and include a pic from 2/25, which is when we picked up the finished products.

After that we went to dinner at Bartaco.  Sarah loved the kids’ roast chicken — she had two orders!  They had lots of veggie and gluten-free options for Reece (the menu actually indicates which items contain gluten, everything else is gluten-free!).  Then we went for dessert to Bona Bona, which had several vegan options and even a vegan substitute for their famous torched meringue topping, made out of aquafaba, which is somehow related to chickpeas.  It was delicious!

We also spent lots of time working on our Valentines!  We went free form this year and incorporated watercolors, stencils, stamps, and crayons.  I think we ended up making about 75 valentines between all the classmates, friends, family and teachers.

On Feb 15 we got ready to leave for our winter break vacation to Mexico, and Sarah and I went for mani/pedis.

We weren’t sure how our amaryllis would fare while we were gone, so here is a final pic before we left for the airport early on Feb 16.